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Livestock Management and Performance Improvement

Description: This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of livestock farming, rural development practices, and their impact on public health and socioeconomic factors. It covers topics such as healthcare reform, globalization's cultural consequences, women empowerment in agriculture, and the nutritional status of livestock. The papers also discuss the challenges and opportunities in agricultural practices and the implications for rural development.
Sibling topics: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Bioenergy crop production and management, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Agricultural Development and Policies, Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement, Livestock Farming and Management
Parent subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
OpenAlex ID: T13358
The Women’s Empowerment in Livestock Index
2018 · A. Galiè, N. Teufel, et al. · Social Indicators Research · 176
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Women, Livestock Ownership and Markets
2013 · Routledge eBooks · 152
Livestock and Women’s Livelihoods
2014 · Patti Kristjanson, Ann Waters-Bayer, et al. · Springer eBooks · 147
Improving Access to and Consumption of Animal Source Foods in Rural Households: The Experiences of a Women-Focused Goat Development Program in the Highlands of Ethiopia
2003 · Zewdu Ayele, Christie Peacock · Journal of Nutrition · 107
Para-veterinary professionals and the development of quality, self-sustaining community-based services
2004 · A. CATLEY, T. LEYLAND, et al. · Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) · 86
Veterinary herd health management programs on dairy farms in the Netherlands: Use, execution, and relations to farmer characteristics
2013 · M. Derks, T. van Werven, et al. · Journal of Dairy Science · 83
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Gender, livestock assets, resource management, and food security: Lessons from the SR-CRSP
2001 · Corinne Valdivia · Agriculture and Human Values · 81
The perception of veterinary herd health management by Dutch dairy farmers and its current status in the Netherlands: A survey
2012 · Marjolein Derks, Lindsay M.A. van de Ven, et al. · Preventive Veterinary Medicine · 75
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Gender power in Kenyan dairy: cows, commodities, and commercialization
2018 · Katie Tavenner, Todd A. Crane · Agriculture and Human Values · 66
Gender, livestock and livelihood indicators
2011 · Njuki, Jemimah, Poole, Elizabeth J., et al. · CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · 62
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Impact Assessment of a Community-based Animal Health Project in Dollo Ado and Dollo Bay Districts, Southern Ethiopia
2004 · B. Admassu, S. Nega, et al. · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 61
Impacts of intensive dairy production on smallholder farm women in coastal Kenya
1996 · G. Mullins, L. Wahome, et al. · Human Ecology · 58
Animal Health Service Delivery in Crop-Livestock and Pastoral Systems in Ethiopia
2021 · Solomon Gizaw, Mengistu Woldehanna, et al. · Frontiers in Veterinary Science · 55
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The role of woman in the sheep and goat sector
1999 · R Sinn, J Ketzis, et al. · Small Ruminant Research · 55
“Men Are in Front at Eating Time, but Not When It Comes to Rearing the Chicken”: Unpacking the Gendered Benefits and Costs of Livestock Ownership in Kenya
2017 · Sarah E. Dumas, Abena Maranga, et al. · Food and Nutrition Bulletin · 54
Women, Livestock Ownership and Markets: Bridging the Gender Gap in Eastern and Southern Africa
2015 · Monique Salomon · African Journal of Range and Forage Science · 49
The effectiveness of community-based animal health workers, for the poor, for communities and for public safety
2004 · D. PEELING, S. HOLDEN · Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) · 49
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An Exploratory study of Dairying Intensification, Women’s Decision Making, and Time Use and Implications for Child Nutrition in Kenya
2015 · Jemimah Micere Njuki, Amanda Wyatt, et al. · European Journal of Development Research · 48
The Gendered Impacts of Agricultural Asset Transfer Projects: Lessons from the Manica Smallholder Dairy Development Program
2015 · Nancy Johnson, Jemimah Njuki, et al. · Gender Technology and Development · 48
Gender roles and child nutrition in ruminant livestock production systems in developing countries – A critical review
2000 · Tangka, F K, Jabbar, Mohammad A., et al. · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 48
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Livestock Innovations, Social Norms, and Women’s Empowerment in the Global South
2022 · Alessandra Galiè, Dina Najjar, et al. · Sustainability · 46
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The effect of membership in producer organizations on women's empowerment: Evidence from Kenya
2021 · Mercy Mwambi, Jos Bijman, et al. · Women s Studies International Forum · 44
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The economic rationale of public and private sector roles in the provision of animal health services
2004 · V. AHUJA · Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) · 44
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Elucidating linkages between women’s empowerment in livestock and nutrition: a qualitative study
2018 · Mindy Price, Alessandra Galie, et al. · Development in Practice · 43
Performance of Community-based Animal Health Workers in the Delivery of Livestock Health Services
2004 · G.L. Mugunieri, P. Irungu, et al. · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 42
Works count: 2,290
Citation count: 6,592
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